Overview: Students will distinguish between personal vs. private information, then create avatars and pen names for participating in online projects. Objective: Students will
distinguish between personal vs. private information.
create avatars and pen names to protect their identities when publishing and collaborating online.
agree to follow publishing safety rules and web etiquette.
(Tool or technology) Web 2.0 Tools to create an avatar. NETS-S: National Education Technology Standards for Students View standards covered LessonOverview: Whole Group Discussion:
Use one in a series of videos, In Plain English, created by commoncraft. In this example Intro to wikis is used, but there are plenty of these videos to match your needs.
Watch Video, Wikis in Plain English.
What's an avatar? An avatar is an online identify used to allow users to have a personality while protecting private information.
Discuss Publishing Safety Guidelines and Web Etiquette (Students will agree to these terms when requesting a user account, at the end of this lesson.
Publishing Safety Rules and Etiquette This wiki is being monitored. Please keep it clean and safe for all.
Do not reveal any private information when contributing to this project.
When using the wiki and other online tools associated with this project, identify yourself with your chosen pen name, never your real name.
Do not login as someone else and do not share your password with others.
Use good writing practices without excessive use of slang. (This is not a text message.)
Do not fill the space with unnecessary punctuation. Use words instead..
Remember to use your best writing, spelling and grammar. After all, you are publishing for an audience.
Be respectful and considerate when replying to the ideas of others.
*Use only graphics you have a legal right to. This includes your work and the work of others who have given you written permission.
Hands on Activity: If you don't have time or access to computer, please consider assigning this as a fun homework task. BuildYourWildSelf is a very easy tool to use and students should be able to complete it independently.
Create an avatar
Use one of the Web 2.0 tools to create an avatar.
Take a snapshot of your avatar.
Save the avatar as a .jpg in a location for easy retrieval. (Computer desktop, flash drive) If there is no option to save, you can take a snapshot.
Create a pen name. Use something you can remember and spell, but please do not use your real name. Be creative!
Next Steps:
Assign a writing activity from the avatar's point of view. Allow students to share their writing through Voice Thread, on Glogster, or by creating a podcast.
Introduce your online tool of choice, Blogger, Wikispaces, VoiceThread, etc. Have students use their avatar and pen name every time the contribute an idea online. If they are logging in, have them use their pen name as a username.
- Curriculum area: Internet Safety
- Grade level: All
Overview:Students will distinguish between personal vs. private information, then create avatars and pen names for participating in online projects.
Objective:
Students will
- distinguish between personal vs. private information.
- create avatars and pen names to protect their identities when publishing and collaborating online.
- agree to follow publishing safety rules and web etiquette.
(Tool or technology) Web 2.0 Tools to create an avatar.NETS-S: National Education Technology Standards for Students
View standards covered
LessonOverview:
Whole Group Discussion:
Watch Video, Wikis in Plain English.
Publishing Safety Rules and Etiquette
This wiki is being monitored. Please keep it clean and safe for all.
- Do not reveal any private information when contributing to this project.
- When using the wiki and other online tools associated with this project, identify yourself with your chosen pen name, never your real name.
- Do not login as someone else and do not share your password with others.
- Use good writing practices without excessive use of slang. (This is not a text message.)
- Do not fill the space with unnecessary punctuation. Use words instead..
- Remember to use your best writing, spelling and grammar. After all, you are publishing for an audience.
- Be respectful and considerate when replying to the ideas of others.
- *Use only graphics you have a legal right to. This includes your work and the work of others who have given you written permission.
Hands on Activity:If you don't have time or access to computer, please consider assigning this as a fun homework task. BuildYourWildSelf is a very easy tool to use and students should be able to complete it independently.
- Create an avatar
- Use one of the Web 2.0 tools to create an avatar.
- Take a snapshot of your avatar.
- Save the avatar as a .jpg in a location for easy retrieval. (Computer desktop, flash drive) If there is no option to save, you can take a snapshot.
- Create a pen name. Use something you can remember and spell, but please do not use your real name. Be creative!
Next Steps: